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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
昌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日日 (AA), four-corner 60600, composition ⿱日曰)
Derived characters
- 倡, 唱, 猖, 淐, 娼, 琩, 椙, 晿, 焻, 錩, 誯, 𰎅, 𣣘, 焻, 𤏒, 菖, 䅛, 𬕑, 𬗡, 𪣧, 𪉨(𬸶), 𥓥, 裮, 𢃑, 𥚕, 閶(阊), 䮖, 猖, 䗉, 鯧(鲳), 𪂇, 𥫅
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 491, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13803
- Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1490, character 3
- Unihan data for U+660C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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昌
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*tʰjaŋ
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倡
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*tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
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猖
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*tʰjaŋ
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菖
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*tʰjaŋ
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閶
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*tʰjaŋ
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鯧
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*tʰjaŋ
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裮
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*tʰjaŋ
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琩
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*tʰjaŋ
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唱
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*tʰjaŋs
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”). During the Warring States Period, 口 developed into 曰.
Etymology 1
昌 (OC khlaŋ ~ thaŋ) is possibly related to 陽 (OC *laŋ), in which case it'd go back to *khlaŋ, supported by Proto-Vietic *hlaŋᴮ; note the phonetic parallelism with 唱 (OC k-hlaŋh) (Schuessler, 2007).
See 陽/阳 (yáng) for further etymology.
Pronunciation
Note: chhiong/chhiang - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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昌
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1249
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Phonetic component
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昌
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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昌
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰjaŋ/
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Definitions
昌
- (literary, or in compounds) prosperous; flourishing
- (~州) (historical) Chang Prefecture
- a surname
- † sunlight
- † good; proper; right
- † beautiful; lovely
Synonyms
- 全盛 (quánshèng)
- 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
- 富強/富强 (fùqiáng)
- 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
- 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
- 強盛/强盛 (qiángshèng)
- 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
- 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
- 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
- 昌隆 (chānglóng)
- 景氣/景气 (jǐngqì)
- 暢旺/畅旺 (chàngwàng)
- 條暢/条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
- 火爆 (huǒbào)
- 紅火/红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
- 繁榮/繁荣 (fánróng)
- 繁盛 (fánshèng)
- 繁華/繁华 (fánhuá)
- 興旺/兴旺 (xīngwàng)
- 興盛/兴盛 (xīngshèng)
- 興隆/兴隆 (xīnglóng)
- 茂盛 (màoshèng)
- 蓬勃 (péngbó)
- 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
- 軫軫/轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
- 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
- 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
- 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “prosperous”):
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Note: chhiuⁿ/chhioⁿ - vernacular.
Definitions
昌
- (Southern Min, in compounds) facial expression
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
昌
- † Alternative form of 倡 (“to initiate; to propose”)
- † Alternative form of 唱 (chàng, “to chant; to recite”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
昌
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- good
- prosper
Readings
Korean
Hanja
昌 (eumhun 창성할 창 (changseonghal chang))
- prosperity, flourishing, thriving
Vietnamese
Han character
昌: Hán Nôm readings: xương
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